Example sentences of "[noun] not take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had already been warnings issued to clergy not to take the law into their own hands , and in his allocution to the participants the 80-year-old pontiff gave expression to his fears . |
| 2 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 3 | Making a decision not to take the next step up does n't have to be permanent , of course . |
| 4 | Miss Danziger thanked the Colonel for his concerned attention , indicating her desire not to take the conversation further and her intention to visit the cloakroom before returning to the Hall . |
| 5 | According to Radio Ukraine , 3,500 officers not taking the oath had already voluntarily left the service and settled in Ukraine . |
| 6 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 7 | Although it may be argued that the effectiveness of local social pressures not to take the crime to court declined as a consequence of colonial rule , this change was gradual , and therefore does not explain why the rate of criminal litigation was highest in the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Sometimes the union was successful in persuading newcomers not to take the work , but employers " inducements often proved too strong . |
| 9 | The argument in favour of er trickle transfer is fundamentally weak because we ca n't trust the government not to take the money away from us . |
| 10 | I ask on behalf of my party , and of small business people in particular : why do the Government not take the steps that could be taken in an enterprise economy , without nationalisation and corporatism , to revive our service and manufacturing industries ? |
| 11 | Why had John not taken the cross ? |
| 12 | Failure on the part of a candidate to return work as required will be a sufficient reason for a board of examiners not to take the work into account in determining the results of a candidate . |
| 13 | A tacit collusion is set up between narrator and reader not to take the novel too solemnly , but rather to sit back and enjoy the show . |